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A Compassionate Spy

They were very carefulto not let Ted and those agentsof the Soviet Union know that the...

They were very careful
to not let Ted and those agents
of the Soviet Union know that the Americans
had broken the World War II Venona codes. Sometimes they...
they turned pretty nasty

Full Transcript

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They were very careful to not let Ted
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and those agents of the Soviet Union
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know that the Americans had broken
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the World War II Venona codes.
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Sometimes they... they turned pretty nasty.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
00:49:42
Uploaded
May 03, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, history
Production
Participant,Kartemquin Films,Mitten Media

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Movie Summary

The incredible story of Manhattan Project scientist Ted Hall, who shared classified nuclear secrets with Russia.
McQueen: We have evidence - A Compassionate Spy 00:08
McQueen: We have evidence
Joan: But he was very aware - A Compassionate Spy 00:07
Joan: But he was very aware
McQueen: Kornikov approached you - A Compassionate Spy 00:05
McQueen: Kornikov approached you
Joan: So that he would feel all sweaty. - A Compassionate Spy 00:09
Joan: So that he would feel all sweaty.
Young Ted: It's not true. I've never shared - A Compassionate Spy 00:04
Young Ted: It's not true. I've never shared
Joan: But he was just sitting there calmly. - A Compassionate Spy 00:09
Joan: But he was just sitting there calmly.
Ted: At one point, they both just left me - A Compassionate Spy 00:05
Ted: At one point, they both just left me
Savy, who, as a matter of fact, - A Compassionate Spy 00:08
Savy, who, as a matter of fact,
Ted and Savy had discussed this prospect - A Compassionate Spy 00:06
Ted and Savy had discussed this prospect
And Sax, who had an interesting background - A Compassionate Spy 00:19
And Sax, who had an interesting background
How could this really eccentric guy be a spy? - A Compassionate Spy 00:08
How could this really eccentric guy be a spy?
And then I heard the most awful - A Compassionate Spy 00:06
And then I heard the most awful
McQueen: You came up with a plan about how you'd become spies, - A Compassionate Spy 00:05
McQueen: You came up with a plan about how you'd become...
Ted: In which they were threatening him - A Compassionate Spy 00:09
Ted: In which they were threatening him
Joan: And Savy was much more vulnerable, - A Compassionate Spy 00:08
Joan: And Savy was much more vulnerable,
Joan: Savy, mixed up as he was, unstable as he was, - A Compassionate Spy 00:08
Joan: Savy, mixed up as he was, unstable as he was,
Ted: And then these two guys came back to question me - A Compassionate Spy 00:11
Ted: And then these two guys came back to question me
Marcia: Ted was a little bit more aggressive with them. - A Compassionate Spy 00:15
Marcia: Ted was a little bit more aggressive with them.
Marcia: He said, "So, you guys, you use really bad methods." - A Compassionate Spy 00:12
Marcia: He said, "So, you guys, you use really bad meth...
It was quite extraordinary... [chuckles] - A Compassionate Spy 00:06
It was quite extraordinary... [chuckles]